This week’s Courier Herald column: There was a time in recent Georgia history when it was impolite to talk about the concept of “Two Georgias”. There was the thriving and growing Atlanta – the economic engine of the state. Then, there was everything else. The “Other Georgia”. The people that could see the writing on
At least one potential 2018 candidate is eager to remind voters of his association with President Donald Trump. State Sen. Michael Williams of Cumming sent out this robocall this evening: Williams reminds the listener that he was first Georgia elected official to endorse the businessman. Noting that the legislative session is almost half over, he
At first glance, Georgia seems like a pretty hard-core Republican state. It hasn’t voted for a Democrat in a presidential contest since 1992, (and 1980 before then.) Every statewide office is held by a Republican. 10 of our 14 congressional districts are Republican, and eight of them have a partisan rating of R+14 or higher.
Exhibit A: Just saying: This speech from Speaker Ralston sounds an awful lot like a gubernatorial campaign speech. #gapol — Aaron Gould Sheinin (@asheinin) January 9, 2017 Exhibit B: Talk Among Yourselves.
State Representative Allen Peake will try again this session to make it easier for families to get medical marijuana. According to a report by WABE (NPR), Peake will try a different tack by pushing legislation to put a referendum before voters in 2018. Click here for full story. Opposition to expanded availability of legal pot
As Ed posted earlier, Politico is reporting that 6th District Congressman Tom Price is in the running to be president-elect Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services. Local rumors also have him as a front runner to be the Office of Management and Budget Director. As many Americans are now coming to terms with, it
President-elect Donald Trump is quickly building his administration over the next couple of months. A lot of names have been floated as potential picks. Recently, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus has been named as Trump’s chief-of-staff. That will leave an opening for the Republican Party’s top leadership position (it’s also a position where GAGOP National Committeeman
A lot of folks (and me) didn’t give the possibility of “President Trump” a lot of serious thought. Sure, we talked about it in theory, but there are a lot of folks who are going to have to get up to speed on a transition that is already underway. This transition should be kind to
There’s a lot being voted on across the country today. These are a few of the things that will have my attention: President: That’s the big one of course. I wrote a bit about it yesterday. TL;DR version: Watching Florida, as age demographics say “Trump”, but I’m told 1/3 of Hispanic voters there are new
Last week we prognosticated about a lot of folks’ political ambitions and intentions for Georgia politics in 2018, and mentioned this: “State Senator Butch Miller, a Gainesville Republican, should not be overlooked as a potential candidate, for no other reason than the $340,000 campaign warchest he has laid by. Another good reason is his network
